First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MADRAS v MADRAS GOVERNOR’S XI Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, December 26, 27, 28, 1941. Madras Governor’s XI won by nine wickets. MADRAS 1 *C.P.Johnstone c Hazare b Versey-Brown 20 (2) c Ward b Nayudu 24 2 V.N.Madhava Rao b Versey-Brown 7 (1) b Hazare 1 3 A.G.Ram Singh c Gul Mohammad b Versey-Brown 66 (5) b Khanna 51 4 C.K.Nainakannu c Hazare b Khanna 4 b Versey-Brown 10 5 C.Ramaswami b Hazare 2 (3) c Hazare b Khanna 42 6 R.S.Nailer b Jayasundera 35 (8) c Adhikari b Hazare 47 7 M.J.Gopalan c Ward b Hazare 0 (9) c Ward b Hazare 15 8 N.J.Venkatesan b Nayudu 16 (6) c Ward b Khanna 0 9 †M.O.Srinivasan lbw b Versey-Brown 0 (7) c Nayudu b Adhikari 15 10 C.R.Rangachari b Versey-Brown 0 c Nayudu b Hazare 2 11 P.S.Ramachandran not out 1 not out 0 Extras 10 14 —— —— 161 221 FoW (1): 1-21 (2), 2-40 (1), 3-54 (4), 4-57 (5), 5-112 (6), 6-121 (7), 7-160 (3), 8-160 (8), 9-160 (9), 10-161 (10) FoW (2): 1-6 (1), 2-55 (2), 3-72 (4), 4-102 (3), 5-102 (6), 6-136, 7- , 8-204, 9-206, 10-221 MADRAS GOVERNOR’S XI 1 Raja of Ramnad run out 15 (2) not out 31 2 B.C.Khanna st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 40 (1) c Madhava Rao b Johnstone 4 3 H.R.Adhikari st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 17 4 V.S.Hazare c Rangachari b Venkatesan 24 5 Gul Mohammad st Srinivasan b Venkatesan 25 (3) not out 21 6 C.S.Nayudu c Rangachari b Ram Singh 79 7 C.K.Haridas c Gopalan b Rangachari 4 8 K.S.Kannan c Ramaswami b Gopalan 16 9 *†H.P.Ward st Srinivasan b Ram Singh 54 10 D.S.Jayasundera st Srinivasan b Venkatesan 47 11 J.S.Versey-Brown not out 0 Extras 8 1 —— —— 329 (1 wicket) 57 FoW (1): 1-46 (1), 2-75 (2), 3-76 (3), 4-117 (5), 5-136 (4), 6-160 (7), 7-218 (8), 8-220 (6), 9-329 (9), 10-329 (10) FoW (2): 1- (1) Madras Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Jayasundera 13 5 16 1 11 1 32 0 Khanna 14 5 20 1 14 6 30 3 Versey-Brown 7.3 3 14 5 7 0 21 1 Nayudu 11 1 46 1 11 1 55 1 Hazare 12 2 40 2 14.2 1 37 4 Kannan 2 0 15 0 6 1 15 0 Adhikari (7) 4 0 17 1 Madras Bowling O M R W O M R W Ramachandran 5 0 24 0 Ram Singh 33 4 123 4 Rangachari 14 1 66 1 Venkatesan 18.3 0 74 3 Gopalan 4 0 17 1 Johnstone 2 0 17 0 (1) 1 Umpires: V.S.Natarajan and T.A.Ramachandran. Toss: Madras Close of Play: 1st day: Madras Governor’s XI (1) 81-3 (Hazare 4*, Gul Mohammad 1*); 2nd day: Madras (2) 104-5 (Ram Singh 13*, Srinivasan 1*). This match was played in aid of the Red Cross Fund. 133